We often discuss how important characterization is in your story, but I think a lot of the character development we think about is wrong-headed. We're told to know our characters inside out, so we make lists or questionnaires. We figure out our character's shoe size and political party, his favorite foods and her favorite colors, but are these things really the traits that make a person tick? (Read more »)

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